Wargrave CofE Primary School

Wargrave C of E Primary School continues to be a good school across all inspected areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The report describes a calm, friendly and inclusive school where pupils feel happy and safe, behave well, attend lessons positively and are well prepared for the next stages of their education. The school has high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND, and pupils typically achieve well from their starting points.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe and have warm relationships with adults
• High expectations are set for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Pupils typically achieve well and are prepared for the next stages of education
• Pupils engage fully in lessons and disruption to learning is rare
• The curriculum is mostly well designed and sequenced from early years to Year 6
• Children in the early years are ready for key stage 1 and Year 6 pupils are prepared for secondary education
• Staff identify and address pupils’ misconceptions and gaps in knowledge well
• Early reading is a strength, with children in Nursery and two-year-old provision getting off to a flying start
• Most pupils become fluent readers by the end of Year 2 and a love of reading is evident
• Pupils with SEND, including those in the specially resourced provision, are well supported and achieve well
• The school has a calm, friendly atmosphere and pupils conduct themselves appropriately
• The school prioritises attendance and takes prompt action to reduce absence
• Pupils are well prepared for life in modern Britain and treat others with respect
• Governors are well informed, carry out statutory duties competently and support staff well-being
• Staff are happy and proud to work at the school

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, the exact knowledge pupils should learn has not been clearly identified
• Teachers in those subjects lack sufficient curriculum guidance to plan consistently meaningful learning
• Expectations for pupils’ handwriting and grammar are not consistently high across subjects
• Some pupils cannot form letters accurately or write legibly with punctuation by the end of Year 2
• Weak handwriting and grammar hinder pupils’ writing fluency, communication and presentation in key stage 2

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Wargrave CofE Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.3% of pupils at Wargrave CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Wargrave CofE Primary School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.3% of pupils at Wargrave CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 20 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Wargrave CofE Primary School received £7,111 and spent £6,786 for each of its 400 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £196,000 (£490 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Wargrave CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wargrave CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Wargrave CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wargrave CofE Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Wargrave CofE Primary School have?

Wargrave CofE Primary School has 424 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wargrave CofE Primary School cover?

Wargrave CofE Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Wargrave CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wargrave CofE Primary School?

Wargrave CofE Primary School is at Bradlegh Road, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, WA12 8QL.